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Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The most interesting thing about this book to me was how masterfully Virginia Woolf had  bandaged the entire narrative with multiple perspectives of London and Mrs Dalloway. I also love how London is an ever evolving creature in this book. A character in its own right. The wonderful psychological annotations made throughout the prose bring out the personal internal journeys of all the characters so beautifully to life. 
I would’ve rated it higher had the  book not possessed a constant undertone of looking down on India. 

P.S. this is what a stream of consciousness looks like, Drake, kindly take notes. 

The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

I think this is kind of a hilarious story where the narrator gets absolutely freaked out by the mention of people giving their hearts and taking each other's hands in a book. As a bilingual person I love how this story plays with the nuances of the English language, emphasizing on the fact that taking English phrases literally can lead to craziness. The fact that he came up with this concept makes me thoroughly inclined to believe that the inside of Philip K Dick's brain must be an interesting place.

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Haunting melencholy engulfed me as soon as I read the first line. Every line that followed was eerily beautiful, intriguing, heart wrenching, and drenched in lyrical brilliance.  The Raven is a simple yet powerful journey through sorrow. I just wish it was longer. 

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1 by Koyoharu Gotouge

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Oh yes! I am a manga girlie now. Well, this is very well written, fast paced, action packed manga.  The thing that Koyoharu has done specially well is making characters extremely lovable. I ended up rooting for them to the point that I would follow them to any end. It’s so enjoyable, in fact, that I smell mangas becoming a personal financial sinkhole.

For Every One by Jason Reynolds

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

I love the beauty and the lyrical brilliance of this masterpiece of a work of art! I love how it appreciates the pursuit of the dream, the journey to the destination. To be the input driven instead of output driven, after all, is to find contentment, and even happiness, in the process. Inspiring words, gorgeously penned! Enjoyed it thoroughly. 

Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

What. A. Book! What. A. Book! This book is as iconic as Paris herself. I absolutely adored how unapologetically rich, privileged, and unrelatable she is. I loved how her ADHD lends authenticity to the meandering prose. It was so wonderful to see how  amazingly ambitious she is and how undeniably impressive her business acumen is. Her trauma and troubles are unimaginably huge. So is the opulence and glamour of her life. Wrapped in a rather unassuming pink book jacket, “Paris: The Memoir” is a transformative experience. This book is equal parts riveting, funny, scary, and heartbreaking. That’s hot.

A Thousand Mornings: Poems by Mary Oliver

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

This book made have this feminine urge to give up my worldly possessions and run through a grassland in a free flowing lilac dress to indulge the untamed part of me which still hears a song in the river’s current and understands the unspoken language of the doves. Her simple yet profound words are pure alchemy, they have the power to heal, and this I genuinely believe. 

Dog Songs: Poems by Mary Oliver

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

3.75

A purely and perfectly penned love letter from a woman to dogs! 
Mary Oliver is a beautiful writer, no doubt about that. This work of hers is wondrous still! 
I couldn’t help but think how much all the dog moms I know will love this collection of poetry. 

“Tell me you love me,” he says.
“Tell me again.”
Could there be a sweeter arrangement? Over and over
he gets to ask.
I get to tell.

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was my first time reading something by fyodor dosteovsky and I think I understand why this man is hailed as a genius in his field. 
Two people and a numbered nights of candid conversations provide us with the background  for a story that is brimming with purity, innocence, loneliness, yearning, dreaming, and hoping but mostly it’s filled with unconditional and unadulterated, albeit unrequited, love. 
someone said “you think you know love and then you read white nights” and they weren’t lying, for sure! 

Titles Ruin Everything: A Stream of Consciousness by Kenza Samir, Aubrey Graham

fast-paced

1.0

No, just no.